True Happiness

In a telephonic interview, the radio announcer asked his guest, a millionaire, "What made you happiest in life?"

The millionaire said:

I have gone through four stages of happiness in life and finally I understood the meaning of true happiness. 

The first stage was to accumulate wealth and means. But at this stage I did not get the happiness I wanted. 

Then came the second stage of collecting valuables and items. But I realized that the effect of these thing was also temporary and the lustre of valuable things did not last long.

Then came the third stage of getting big projects; Like buying a football team, buying a tourist resort, etc. But even here I did not get the happiness I had imagined. 

Then, once a friend of mine asked me to buy wheelchairs for some disabled children.

At a friend's request, I immediately bought  wheelchairs. But the friend insisted that I go with him and hand over the wheelchairs to the children. I got ready and went with him. 

There I gave those chairs to the disabled children with my own hands. I saw the strange glow of happiness on the faces of those children. I saw them all sitting on chairs, moving around and having fun. It was as if they had arrived at a picnic spot.  I felt really happy.

But I felt real joy when I started to leave and one of the kids grabbed my leg. I gently tried to free my leg but the child stared at my face and held my leg tightly. I bent down and asked the child whether he needed anything else?

The answer that this child gave me not only made me happy but also changed my life completely. 

This child said: "I want to remember your face so that when I meet you in heaven, I will be able to recognize you and thank you once again"